Spanair accident at Madrid
 

El Mundo, quoted by Reuters, are reporting a plane off the runway in Madrid. Thay saying that deaths are feared. No other details yet.

It seems the plane may have crashed on take off. Accident was near Terminal 4 apparently.

Yes CNN repoter "on the scene" reporting some falalities..and reporting it as a Spainair flight.

BBC News reporting it as a Spanair aircraft en-route to Las Palmas, 160 on board.

Spanair. Fire is now being reported.

Aircraft lifted off, one wingtip hit the ground, 2 deaths reported and many wounded, many smoke seen on spanish TV, looks bad.

Spanish National TV TVE : Reporting 175 onboard , destination Las Palmas, deaths feared but not yet confirmed, Barajas closed for departures.

5 minutes ago BBC interpreting Spanish news report which they thought to be El Mundo said it was a left engine fire and it was flight 5022.

At 1534 local Aena website says of Spanair JKK5022: 20/08/0813:002C49The flight took off at 14:14

BBC reporting it as JK5022, would make it an MD80 according to Spanair timetable.

Excellent new coverage being provided by all news agencies

MD82 according to flight stats.

Flight: (JK) Spanair 5022 Date: Aug 20, 2008 Status: En Route Estimated Touch Down at 2:55 PM On-Time: http://www.flightstats.com/go/images/stars_20.gif 2,3 of 5 What this? Duration: 2h 55m Equipment: Boeing (Douglas) MD-82 Equipment: Boeing (Douglas) MD-82 (Actual)


MD-82 Is the plane used on this route

MD-82, 160 pax on board. 2 dead confirmed, many wounded

El mundo website reporting at least 7 deaths. Speculation about a left engine fire on take off.

RIP

According to TVE:

MD90 with 175 pax,
20 injured
7 killed

Spanair website, aena.es and flight stats all seem to be pointing towards an MD82.

SKy probably just googled 'Spanair', and grabbed the first plane type mentioned.

Speculation and rumours will happen. Most people will have an thought about what happened, and there is no harm in sharing that, or if you so wish, keeping them to yourseld.

The official accident report is the only think that can say with any authority what went wrong, and recommendations on how to avoid it reoccuring.

If people want to speculate, let them. What they say has no impact or legal standing.

But, is there any harm in speculation?

According to El País, at least 7 deaths and 20 injured. :(

Now reporting fuselage broke in two.

The airplane, MD82 EC-HFP

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7 dieds and more 53 hurts

The Madrid Barajas Airport now is closed and are in emergency state.

Video clip from BBC news website